Haplogroup CF, also known as CF-P143 and CT(xDE), is a

human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup In human genetics, a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup is a haplogroup defined by mutations in the non- recombining portions of DNA from the male-specific Y chromosome (called Y-DNA). Many people within a haplogroup share similar numbers of ...

. This paternal lineage is defined by the SNP P143. The clade's existence and distribution are inferred from the fact that haplogroups descended from CF include most human male lineages in

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and

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. CF is an immediate descendant of the

Haplogroup CT Haplogroup CT is a human Y chromosome haplogroup, defining one of the major paternal lineages of humanity. Men who carry the CT clade have Y chromosomes with the SNP mutation M168, along with P9.1 and M294. These mutations are present in all m ...

(CT-M168), and is the sibling of

Haplogroup DE Haplogroup DE is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. It is defined by the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mutations, or UEPs, M1(YAP), M145(P205), M203, P144, P153, P165, P167, P183. DE is unique because it is distributed in several geogra ...

(DE-YAP). It is the immediate ancestor of both Haplogroup C and Haplogroup F. There are, as yet, no confirmed cases of living individuals or human remains belonging to the basal, undivergent haplogroup CF*. In the year 2017, C-M217 (C2) & C-M130 were reported among males belonging to the

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s, who are concentrated in central-east Burma (as well as neighboring parts of China, Laos and Thailand). However, the researchers concerned (Brunelli et al.) did not rule out all other subclades of CF, such as haplogroup F, in these particular cases. (In haplogroup F2 has previously been identified in the same geographical region.)

Distribution

File:Haplogroup C (Y-DNA) migration.png, Migration of Haplogroup C. File:Haplogroup_F_(Y-DNA).PNG , The geographical development and distribution of Haplogroup F.

References

{{Commons category, Haplogroup CF of Y-DNA CF

Distribution

See also

Genetics

Y-DNA C subclades

Y-DNA backbone tree

References